Thief PVE build?

[Telgum.6071]

I've been told that Daredevil staff is the best PVE build; however I don't enjoy it over other playstyles (Dagger, pistol, rifle, swords...)

So outside of the Daredevil / Staff option, what is a good PVE build for open worlds +t2,t3 fractals?

 

[ASP.8093]

Rifle Deadeye is a great lazy-mode build for open world, story, events. Here's as simple version, using M7 for Initiative management and Invigorating Precision for sustain. Shortbow provides AOE (mark a target somewhere in the middle of the pack so you're getting Initiative back from M7). Deadly Arts instead of Trickery is also viable, which is better depends on the specific situation you end up in. Feel free to replace the trinkets with Marauder's if you want a little more hp; any Sigils you like are probably fine. http://gw2skills.net/editor/?PagAQVlVw2YYsLmJW2XnvKA-zRIYRU9XKZGB1mA9GCVUE2OA-e

 

You can do alright in Fractals with this by just avoiding a lot of melee-range stuff, but you miss out on some group buffs like Quickness and Alacrity by not being able to fit in easily into the stacking playstyle (that said, it's easy to get your own perma-Fury and 25 stacks of Might). Throwing Sniper's Cover down on the group can mitigate quite a lot of annoying mechanics, especially from adds like the fire slugs in the Volcanic Fractal.